Exploring the nature of early social preferences
Subtitle: The case of music
Contributors: Spelke, Elizabeth S.; Carey, Susan E.; Hannon, Erin E.; Sidanius, James H.
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Description: This dissertation aims to explore the nature of early social preferences by testing attention to a cue that might have evolved as a reliable signal of shared group membership - shared cultural knowledge.
Notes: Keywords: group membership, music perception, shared cultural knowledge, social cognition, social preference, song familiarity.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2012